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US pension funds move against James Hardie chair

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
... billion deal to acquire US-based Azek. A deal that was done without an investor vote, leading to backlash from other major investors including AustralianSuper, UniSuper, Aware Super and HESTA. CalPERS, CalSTRS and the Florida State Board of Administration ...

Russell Investments launches private markets offering

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
... advised pathway into private equity, private credit and real assets. The minimum initial investment of $25,000 gives investors access to a separately managed account structure, developed in collaboration with Ironbark, to give qualified advised clients ...

Apostle partners with Qtron Investments

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
... US-based quantitative investment manager Qtron Investments (Qtron) to provide Australian wholesale and institutional investors access to its global equity strategies. The partnership marks the first time that Qtron's investment strategies have been available ...

Macquarie to shed more than 240 investment options

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... Vertium Equity Income Fund, WCM Quality Global Growth Fund and the OC Dynamic Equity Fund were also closed to super investors. The move comes at the fallout of the Shield Master Fund. ASIC and Macquarie are now battling it out in the Federal Court as ...

Shield, First Guardian fallout calls for tougher scrutiny on research houses, licensee governance

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... even though over the years there have been regular occurrences of unscrupulous or dishonest fund managers defrauding investors armed with glowing or positive research reports, Shield and First Guardian are merely the latest iteration. Unless the system ...

Super funds raise stakes in US investments to US$1.44tn

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... on a case-by-case basis and in the best financial interests of members," SMC said. In February, modelling by SMC, IFM Investors and Mandala estimated that super funds' US$400 billion investment in the US at the time would grow to about US$1 trillion ...

FEATURE: Fund admin | Tight Ship

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... incumbents fall short. Apex Group launched in Australia in 2009 and acquired Mainstream Group in 2021, catering to 200,000 investors in the managed funds registry, as well as 200,000 super fund members. Apex Group regional head of Asia Pacific Nicholas ...

Local PGIM manager exits

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... experience spanning over two decades, Douglas previously worked as an institutional account manager at Principal Global Investors and, before that, held several roles at Franklin Templeton Investments, ING Investment Management Australia, Pendal Group ...

MA Financial sees record gross inflows

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... billion for the first nine months of the year, up 22% from the same period last year. The MA Redcape Hotel Fund, providing investors access to high-quality hotels, said it will acquire Plough Inn, a landmark pub in Brisbane's Southbank. The hotel portfolio's ...

Feature: Retirement | Rewarding risk

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... could potentially increase a person's Age Pension by $10,000 a year. 'I' is for inflation risk and while investors have been spared the ravages of inflation in recent decades, it is a risk which should still be planned for. Australian CPI ...